Description: RARE MAP Shows BROOKLYN / STATEN ISLAND TUNNEL Most items shipped in two or three business days. Centennial 100 year old!! Rare NYC NY VTG 1923 ? 1924 ? Rapid Transit Subway Map TUNNEL STATEN ISLAND BROOKLYN Bay Ridge VTG 1924? The groundbreaking for this tunnel was 1923 - so this map would have been published shortly after that. We believe it is from late 1923 or early 1924. New York City Rapid Transit Subway Map showing "TUNNEL under construction" TO STATEN ISLAND - copyright OHMAN maps advertising for SEAMEN's BANK.... 76 Wall St & Pearl Street Google Atlas Obscura "Staten Island's Lost Tunnel" This map has slight damage to it. The booklet has been split on the spine, but the map is complete. Most items shipped in two or three business. Contact us for shipping date. Look at the edges for a few defects as well as tiny holes where the creases cross. At one point many years ago someone sold this map for $3 and the pencil mark is in the back of the map. Showing 3.00... A rare find. A missing piece of New York City. Almost 100 years old!! (Does the copyright end after a hundred years? I'm not sure.) Would make a great piece of artwork or a phenomenal poster. (Could it be reproduced after the copyright expires?) Approximately 18 inches by 9 inches. Nice colors. Will be sent Priority Mail - insured & signature required. Shipping and handling charge applies $19.99 Sold as is. Study the photographs or ask for additional detailed photographs of areas that have not been covered with close-ups. Thank you. There are some wrinkles in the map. A slight tear on top (about a half inch in the upper left hand side0 and some edgeware (and the holes I mentioned). This is a used piece of history that was actually and most likely well used. We list a longer handling time, but most items are shipped in two or three business days. Contact us for the exact shipping dates. ***** "Officially called the Brooklyn-Richmond Freight and Passenger Tunnel,[1] the Staten Island Tunnel was also to be referred to by four other names: The Narrows Tunnel, after the Narrows, the body of water it was supposed to run under;[1] The Saint George Tunnel, after one of its terminals in St. George, Staten Island[1] (not to be confused with the tunnel between the terminal and the Tompkinsville station);[2] The Hylan Tunnel, after former New York City Mayor John Hylan, who oversaw the [1] project. It has also been referred to as Hylan's Holes in both derogatory and endearing contexts.[]" DAILY NEWS "The very elegant invitation before me, with the seal of New York City, is for 4/14/23 and reads "Breaking of ground for the Brooklyn Shaft" [of the Staten Island to Brooklyn subway]. But it's not today; it was 100 years ago, April 14, 1923! Obviously, this 1.5 mile subway extension of the now R train never got built although about 150 feet of the aborted tunnel lies under Brooklyn's Owl's Head Park. It was hailed as a brilliant idea then and frankly it remains a brilliant idea. today. Not only does Staten Island, a borough of a half million people..." Sold as is. WFB2028 V0092020822ZYYAH
Price: 1923 USD
Location: Angelica, New York
End Time: 2024-02-04T18:32:50.000Z
Shipping Cost: 19.99 USD
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Year: 1923
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
